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It's National Forest Products Week |
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October 19, 2017 |
Trees provide more than 5,000 products that
people use every day. From toilet paper to
toothpaste to tires, tree-based chemicals and
other wood by-products are all around us. Read
more
here.
It is National Forest Products Week, a time to
recognize the many products and benefits that
come from forests.
When trees are harvested to make the products
that we need every day, forests are renewed
through reforestation and a new forest cycle
begins.
Rules of the Idaho Forest Practices Act - which
the Idaho Department of Lands administers -
requires reforestation by planting new trees or
allowing for natural regeneration after timber
harvest.
Idaho law requires every harvested acre must be
successfully reforested within five years of
harvest with a minimum number of seedlings
growing per acre.
Close to 3 million tree seedlings were planted
on state endowment trust lands last year.
People have depended on trees since the
beginning of time to improve our lives. Through
reforestation, forests will continue to benefit
people, wildlife, watersheds, and ecosystems for
years to come. |
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